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Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (2 Audio Cassettes), Hardcover
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There aren't too many teachers who are written about in the New Yorker, People, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, and excerpted in Reader's Digest. But Esmé Raji Codell is no ordinary teacher. An irrepressible spirit, she wears costumes in the classroom, dances with the kids during math lessons, rollerskates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library.
In Educating Esmé, the uncensored diary of her first year teaching in a Chicago public school, she opens a window into the closed world of a real-life classroom. Refusing to let anything get in the way of delivering the education her fifth-graders deserve, this dedicated teacher finds herself battling bureaucrats, gang members, inflexible administrators, angry children, and her own insecurities, while at the same time changing her students' lives forever.
Now in paperback, here is the book People called "hilarious," Booklist called "screamingly funny," Greensboro News & Record called "brilliantly conceived," and the Boston Phoenix noted "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education."
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A very interesting account of a teacher's first year. Written in diary form; very moving. Not sappy at ALL. Very eye-opening and inspiring.
Danielle G. (
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I wasn't too impressed with this book. You're a rebel teacher and you think you're a badass, congratulations. Just wasn't impressed with her teaching views and her way of writing.
Rachel C. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Insightful journey into the life of a first year teacher. I read it twice.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Esme records her first year of teaching in a Chicago public school with humor. Teaching IS like this.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good story of a woman's first year teaching. Perfect for a newer teacher.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Esme Raji Codell has come to teach. Fresh-mouthed and miniskirted, this irrepressible spirit does the cha-cha during multiplication lessons, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. In Educating Esme, the diary of her first year teaching in a Chicago public school, she opens a window into a real-life classroom. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted teacher changes her students' lives forever.
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She sounds like a wonderful teacher; I hope someone like her works with my kids!
Kathi M. (fast read, great for any new teacher or someone studying to be a teacher
Whether you are a teacher, parent, aspiring educator...Esme's experience is an essential, heart warming & hilarious read.
This book is a must read for anyone who is thinking of becoming a teacher. I loved it!
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